Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
Descriptive Summary
Technology planning is integrated with institutional planning and evaluation processes at
Hartnell College. The 2007-2009 Technology Master Plan was developed to directly support
the educational priorities, goals, and objectives of the college, as articulated in the
Educational Master Plan, Facilities Master Plan, and 2020 Strategic Plan. Through the
Technology Master Plan, the institution prioritizes technology initiatives serving as the
catalyst to integrate college and department technology needs and goals. As a follow-up to
the 2007-2009 Technology Master Plan, Hartnell College reached out to nearby institution
CIOs to have them perform an evaluation of Hartnell‘s technology environment and prioritize
next steps. The result was a 2011 report called Hartnell College High Level Strategic
Direction (III.C.7, Hartnell College High Level Strategic Direction). The report
recommended structural changes to the organization of IT including personnel, technology
investments, and system migrations. In the nearly 2 years since the delivery of that report and
assessment, the college has hired a new vice president of technology, planned for structural
change in the IT organization to provide for continuity planning, increased skill sets, and
increased oversight. The Hartnell College Technology Master Plan 2011-2016 has been
created, approved and vetted through the shared governance process, as explained below.
Parallel to these efforts, in the 2008–09 academic year, Hartnell College implemented a new
integrated planning and budgeting model to improve College wide participation in the
planning process and to align program review, student learning outcomes and assessment
with decision making and budgeting groups. The new structure included the Resource and
Allocation Committee (RAC) and recognized it as cohesive center of institutional confluence
as many of the college‘s constituents are designated members of the group for college
planning and decision-making, providing final recommendations to The college president.
RAC is made up of representatives from college governance groups, including the Academic
Senate, Classified Senate, Student Senate, employee unions and representatives from
instructional and student services working groups, such as the Basic Skills Workgroup,
Transfer Advisory Workgroup and Work Force Workgroup. Hartnell has improved
significantly its ability to derive technology decisions from institutional needs and plans for
improvement.
The THRFC is a shared governance group that works within the RAC and includes
membership from the academic senate, classified senate, district ITS organization,
administration, distance education representatives, faculty and staff technology practitioners
and specialists. Under the authority of THRFC and with the guidance of the District
technology organization, ITS, Hartnell College has three subcommittees, two of which have
been active for years (Facilities Committee, Human Resources and Benefits) and the THRFC
has been recently resurrected and is just now beginning to meet regularly. Along with the
RAC and FIS, the THRFC and its subcommittees provide a rich opportunity and forum for
informing overall district technology planning, decision making and goals, and creates a
platform for college decision making, planning and vetting issues and requests for
technology.
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